Peitavas Synagogue in Riga
Object Detail
Building Date
1905
Synagogue active dates
Reconstruction Dates
2009 - restoration
Material/Technique
Construction Material
Brick
Summary and Remarks
Suggested Reconsdivuction
History/Provenance
During World War II the synagogue was used as a warehouse.
Condition
Present Usage
Synagogue
Present Usage Details
Historical significance: Event/Period
Russian Revolution of 1905.
Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore
Historical significance: Person
The dedication ceremony in 2009 was attended by Latvia's president Valdis Zatlers and prime minister Valdis Dombrovskis as well as by Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli-Yoel Edelstein.
Architectural Significance: Style
Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration
Elements of Moorish, Egyptian, and Phoenician stylization.
Urban significance
Significance Rating
3 (National)
Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)
Bibliography
CJA documentation;
Marger Vesterman, Fragments of Jewish History of Riga: A brief Guide (Riga, 1991);
Pinkas hakehilot: Latviyah ve-estoniyah (Jerusalem, 1988), p. 250, 263;
Latvia: Synagogues and Rabbis, 1918-1940 (Riga, 2004), pp. 152-167, ills. on p. 158-159;
//www.bh.org.il/Communities/Synagogue/Riga.asp with ills;
Menahem Barkahan, Rita Bogdanova & Meyer Meler, Latvia: Synagogues, Jewish Cemeteries, Burial Places of the Holocaust Victims. Map of Memorable Places of Jewish History (Riga, 2005)
Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography
Photograph Copyright
Center for Jewish Art
Photographer
Photograph Date
2007
Remarks
0 Coordinates: 56.945908, 24.110678